John Grantner • Fine Art
ABOUT THE WORK
After some years as a Realist painter my art took a radical turn. Since 2001 my work has been mostly figurative abstraction. It is difficult to find an exactly appropriate ism which describes what I do.The sources I use are digital and photographic; that is accidentally or intentionally distorted photos, photos of photos, photos of video, damaged or otherwise altered laser prints and so on. These are the "sketches and studies", so to speak, for the final compositions. The imagery is process driven and the somewhat accidental nature of the process is key to the aesthetic.I usually employ the iconography and media of popular culture, which would suggest that it is Pop Art. However, unlike Pop Art, popular culture isn't the theme of my work nor is the Pop source even apparent in the end.Often my paintings have the look of Baroque religious art, and for that reason alone I sometimes give them religious titles. However I don't set out to express any precise meaning in these. I simply follow (and yes, control too) a series of accidents. You may -- as I do -- consider them like a psychiatrist's Rorschach tests; that is, they mean whatever they happen to mean to you.
After some years as a Realist painter my art took a radical turn. Since 2001 my work has been mostly figurative abstraction. It is difficult to find an exactly appropriate ism which describes what I do.
The sources I use are digital and photographic; that is accidentally or intentionally distorted photos, photos of photos, photos of video, damaged or otherwise altered laser prints and so on. These are the "sketches and studies", so to speak, for the final compositions. The imagery is process driven and the somewhat accidental nature of the process is key to the aesthetic.
I usually employ the iconography and media of popular culture, which would suggest that it is Pop Art. However, unlike Pop Art, popular culture isn't the theme of my work nor is the Pop source even apparent in the end.
Often my paintings have the look of Baroque religious art, and for that reason alone I sometimes give them religious titles. However I don't set out to express any precise meaning in these. I simply follow (and yes, control too) a series of accidents. You may -- as I do -- consider them like a psychiatrist's Rorschach tests; that is, they mean whatever they happen to mean to you.
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No images or text may be copied or reproduced without the written consent of John Grantner.
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